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About the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) ISES, is a non-profit UN-accredited membership NGO. Our mission: 100% renewable energy for all, used efficiently and wisely. ISES represents a diverse membership of academics, researchers,

energy practitioners, consultants, students, businesses and advocates. ISES works together with like-minded organizations from countries all

around the world to advance the renewable energy transformation.

www.ises.org

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Innovation in Transforming Energy Systems and Markets to 100% Renewable Energy

Why Chile? Growing solar energy industry and markets Committed research community Strong renewable energy policies Excellent solar resources! First ISES Solar World Congress in South America

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Future Market Opportunities shifting to India and south Asia, southeast Asia, MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, southern Africa, and Central and South America

ISES Solar World Congresses Held Biennially since the 1970 Offers professional and B to B Networking

- Special activities for Young ISES: Students and emerging professionals

Brings together research, industry, policy and financial sectors Recent Solar World Congresses

- SWC 2017: Abu Dhabi, UEA - SWC 2015: Daegu, Korea - SWC 2013: Cancun, Mexico - SWC 2011: Kassel, Germany - SWC 2009: Johannesburg, South Africa - SWC 2007: Beijing, China

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A Robust Renewable Energy Market Requires …and strong public support and acceptance

87 Countries have RE targets; Denmark target is 100%

(For example, see April 2018 Brookings study by Varun Sivaram)

• SWC’s place emphasis on innovation to complement advocacy • Innovation still needed to ensure the energy transformation results in

a carbon-free system everywhere • But, in addressing climate change, governments may trend away from

this…

U.S. Federal Funding for Solar Deployment and Innovation (source: Brookings, 2018)

SWC 2019 Themes Solar Heating and Cooling

Technologies Solar Heating and Cooling

Applications Solar and Renewable Electricity Energy Storage for Heat and

Electricity Solar Energy Markets and Policies Energy Systems and Sector Coupling Off-Grid & Rural Energy Access

Solar Architecture Education and Training – 13th

International Symposium on Renewable Energy Education (ISREE 2019)

Clean Water Technologies Special Themes: Renewable Energy

Cities, Renewable Energy Mobility, Community Power Programs, Sustainable Practices in the Mining Industry and Solar Energy in History

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Call for Participation in SWC 2019 Abstracts on all themes welcome Special thematic Forums to be organized Papers/posters to be published in Congress proceedings Special issue of SEJ to be produced from selected papers Submit your abstracts by 28 February 2019

www.swc2019.org

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